More than 71 percent of Europeans want NATO to deploy a European-based missile defense shield to protect them from attack by weapons of mass destruction, according to a poll sponsored by the George C. Marshall Center for Security Studies and the Missile Defense Advocacy Alliance. “It is clear from the survey that the threat is real, urgent, and needs to be addressed,” states John Rose, director of the Marshall center in Germany. If you have a fairly robust computer equipped with PowerPoint, here is the color graphics version of the poll results. If not, try this standard, no frills version.
The Space Force may establish a combatant component in Japan soon, Chief of Space Operations Gen. B. Saltzman said in a news conference in Tokyo on Sept. 25. According to multiple media reports, Saltzman said setting up a new unit in Japan represents the "next phase" in joint initiatives aimed at…